Windshield heater



April v1,51930- w. G. woHLHu-rER 1,752,715

Y WINDSVHIELD HEATER Filed Aprile, 1929 2 sheets-sheet' 1 ,l 111/ 111 Il Attorney April 1, 1930. w. G. woHLHUTER 1,752,715

wINDsHIELD HEATER Filed April '9, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 s 'l I Y 4-5 with a plurality of apertures 10.

Patented Apr. 1, 1930 .v

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM Gr. WOHLHUTER, OF SEER/BURN, MINNESOTA l WINDSHIELID HEATER Application led April 9, 1929. Serial No. 353,818.

The present invention relates to windshield ring may be shifted to register apertures 12 heaters and more particularly to a heater dewith apertures 10 to the degree desired. vice associated with the windshield of a mo- A tubular sleeve 17 is slidable through the tor vehicle for the purpose of preventing the ring 11 and fiange 9 and at its inner end is accumulation of moisture, snow and ice upon provided with outwardly directed ears 18 55 the glass windshield and to insure clear viswith a rim on the terminals thereof as inion through the windshield at all times. dicated at 19 for sliding inside the neck 8. Another very important object of the in- A valve 20 is rockable in the tubular sleeve vention resides in the provision of a windand controllable by a-lever 21. shield heater of this nature which is simple in A plate 22 is mounted on the tubular sleeve its construction, inexpensive to manufacture and has teeth 23 with which is engageable and install, thoroughly eiiicient and reliable 'projections 24 on ythe lever for holding the in use and otherwise well adapted to the purlever in the desired position after the valve pose for which it is designed. has been adjusted. A conduit 25 extends With the above and numerous other objects from the sleeve 17 and may be engaged by 65 in view as will appear as the description prosuitable means 26 on a steering column 27. ceeds, the invention resides in certain novel rIhe numeral 28 denotes a windshield. A features of construction, in the combination tubular elongated heat distributing member and arrangement of parts as will be herein- 29 is provided with apertures 30 to direct the after more fully described and claimed. -heat against the inside of the wind-shield 28 70 In the drawing: and the conduit is connected therewith. Figure 1 is a sectional view through the As the car is moving along the heat from forward portion 0f an automobile showing the eXhauSt manifOld 6 iS COlleCtedvill the my improved wind-shield heater associated 'Chamber formed` by the stove 5 and passed therewith, vthrough the neck 8 and if too much heat is Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section PleSeIlt7 the ring 11 may be adjusted so as through the Stove, to allow the desiredamount to escape into Figure 3 is an elevation of the distributor, the lIltellOI Of the. automobile for heating Figure 4 is 3, fragmentary top plan View of PUI'POSGS. The I'ellitllllllg 1183,15 PELSS 30 one end of the Stove, through the tubular sleeve 17, conduit 25 and S0 Figure 5 is a longitudinal section therebedistributed along` the bottom of the windthrough Shleld 28. n Figure 6 is an end elevation of the neck of By LPPlXlng hfated alf '5 0 the lltello 0f the Stove, and the windshield, it 1s sufficiently heated to Figure 7 is an end elevation of the neck melt the inner film or surface of the ice and S5 extension allow it to slide down oif the wind shield. Itis Referring to the drawing in detail it will not necessary to'completely melt the ice when be seen that the numeral 5 denotes a stove th@ heat 1S aPPh-ed to the mtemal Surface as 49 forming a heating chamber associated with a11tt1e-heat Wm 100.5911 1t 90 the exhaust pipe manifold 6 of the automo- The Internal heatmgalso nimovs and Pre' bile engine 7 and at the rear end thereof vents condensation on either side of the wind merging into a Cylindricalneck extension 8 shield thus giving the driver a clear vision Vat all times. as well as a windshield which havmg an mtumed end flange 9 Provlded can be easily wiped by the usual well known means. A 'llg 11 PmYlded Wlth aPeTtufeS 12 1S v It is thought that the construction, operamountefi for rocking movement 0n the flange tion, utility and advantages of this invention 9 by su1tab1e means 14: and has a lever 15 6X- will now be quite apparent to those skilled tending therefrom through a slot 16 in the in this art without a more detailed descrip` 5,0 upper portion of the member l ySQ that the tion thereof. r u

I claim as new is:

1. In a device of the class described, a stove forming a chamber for disposal over the exhaust manifold of an internal combustion chamber, the rear end of the stove merging into a cylindrical neck having an inturned terminal flange formed with a plurality of apertures, a sleeve extending to the flange, a ringmounted for rotation on the flange and having a plurality of apertures, and means for rotating the ring to control the registration of said apertures.

2. In a device of the class described, a stove forming a chamber for disposal over the exhaust manifold of an internal combustion chamber, the rear end of the stove merging into a cylindrical neck having an inturned terminal flange formed with aplurality of apertures, a sleeve extending to the flange, a ring mounted for rotation on the flange and having a plurality of apertures, and means for rotating the ring to control the registration of said apertures, a valve means in the sleeve.

3. Ina device of the class described, a stove forming a chamber for disposal over the exhaust manifold of an internal combustion chamber, the rear end of the stove merging into. a cylindrical neck having an inturned terminal flange formed with a plurality of apertures, a sleeve extending to the Harige, a ring mounted for, rotation on the flange and having a plurality of apertures, and means for rotating the ring to control the registration of said apertures, a valve means in the sleeve, the inner end of the sleeve being provided with outwardly directed ears merging into an annular member slidable interiorly of the neck.

4. Ina device of the class described, a stove forming a chamber for disposal over the exhaust manifold of an internal combustion chamber, the rear end of the stove merging into a cylindrical neck having an inturned terminal flange formed with a plurality of apertures, a. sleeve extending to the flange, a ring mounted for rotation on the flange and having a plurality of apertures, and means for rotating the ring to control the registration of said apertures, a valve means inthe sleeve, the inner end of the sleeve being provided With outwardly directed earsr WILLIAM G. VOHLIIUTER.

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